page_title: Maecenas Eason Benton
hierarchical_section_title: Maecenas Eason Benton
caption_attribution_description: English: Maecenas Eason Benton (Missouri Congressman)
context_page_description: Maecenas Eason Benton was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. He was the father of Thomas Hart Benton, who gained fame as a painter of the American Scene.
context_section_description: Maecenas Eason Benton (January 29, 1848 – April 27, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.  He was the father of Thomas Hart Benton, who gained fame as a painter of the American Scene.
caption: From Volume 1 of 1899's Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, Supreme Court, and Fifty-fifth Congress
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